#dark cir may hate our man for not having the guts to approach Phu sooner

[dramas-vs-novels]

Why does other world phu wear such boring colors? The one from Dark Cir's world?

Open to interpretation.

But I'd guess it goes back to... Phu crosses Cirrus' path not very long after his father died and his mother left Thailand.

In Dark!Cir's world, Phukan was kind of alone in the storm of it all and then Cirrus appeared in his life and gave him love and stability. Someone to hold on to.

In "our" Phu's world... that never happened. He was left alone to manage as best he could. So I can see where superstition might grow to help fill the void. A guardian angel means SOMEONE is watching out for you. Lucky colors, in a sense, give him a sliver of control over each day.

There is a mention at one point in the book, I believe, from Phu's POV along the vein of "If he has Cirrus, he doesn't need this anymore", because Cirrus is his lucky charm. Cirrus protects him from the world.

So the Phukan who had that from the start... he doesn't need the sense of security that comes from the superstitions. Some people genuinely believe in that- and that is totally fine! Live life how you wish to live it. But for Phukan, it seemed to be very very much rooted in abandonment and feeling left out in the cold after his father's death.

Side note just to be clear: Phu loves his mother, and he understands, the more he falls in love with Cirrus, what kind of agony she must be in without his dad. He doesn't blame her for leaving, but he is still very sad she is gone. It is, as the kids say, a bitch of a bad situation.

Another detail below the cut because... you can guess it from what you've seen up through ep 7, but it hasn't been said yet, so maybe a spoiler

Cirrus is Phukan's guardian angel, and when Phu realizes Cir was following him or watching him all those years and helping him (parking spots saved, portions of his favorite food being set aside in the cafeteria so it didn't run out, umbrellas appearing in his path when it rains, missing items finding their way to him, etc.), he realizes it was never lucky colors.

He was lucky on days when Cir was there. He was unlucky on days when Cirrus was too busy or had something happen where he couldn't be there to watch over Phu.

So if you look at that from "our" Phu's perspective, clumsy or odd little miracles start occurring out of nowhere, growing gradually smoother and more natural as Cir learns Phu's preferences or quirks.

Anyone would become superstitious, especially little Phu, who is too innocent to go straight to "stalker".